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msvs · Post by **msvs** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:14 am

expansions are optional, you can use Avenger to design your own stuff, its a full synth. And there is a huge factory library included.
btw there is the "Pick5 bundle" which basically gives you 1 xp for free

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:16 am

...and unlike Nexus, there are third party expansions too, they can price however they like.

msvs · Post by **msvs** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:57 pm

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zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:25 pm

This is coming to Avenger 1 or 2?
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scoplunk · Post by **scoplunk** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:26 am

I just got a new MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro processor. I was expecting big things from this new Apple processor, but when I tried Avenger 1.8.2 in Logic, I was getting all sorts of CPU overloads whenever I played. But, what was even weirder was that the CPU meter was well above 50% even when I wasn't playing at all. All my other instruments seemed to be fine, so I decided to look at the Avenger system settings and see if I could figure out anything that might be a problem. Just out of curiosity, I moved the FPS Mode from ECO to MID and the CPU meter immediately went down. I set it to HIGH and now everything seems to be good. Just to check, I went back to the ECO setting and the CPU meter immediately jumped way up and had overloads. I couldn't find any posts about this with a quick search. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I'm not sure why setting a higher FPS Mode setting would be more efficient. It seems like the opposite should happen.

msvs · Post by **msvs** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 5:09 am

@zvenx thats 2.0

for explanaition:
that is paralell filtering... now you have the option to route Filters not only in row (serial), but also paralell... which means you can independently have a LPF and a HPF at the same time (and a third BP in the mids if you want so)
PS the signal flows from top to bottom

@scoplunk: that FPS Mode setting is a thing from the earliest 1.0 versions. Meanwhile it should be optimized, that it doesnt matter (or like in your case, even could have a negative effect). Its only still in for compatibility reasons, I guess in 2.0, this setting will be no more.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:08 am

Thanks Manuel.
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zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:18 am

Seems now that some of the expansion packs are now on sale on pb (don't see the bigtone ones).

https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/sh ... c3d39bf8f6

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m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:54 am

Damn, none of the packs I'd be interested in are in the PB sale. I wonder why its just that selection?

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:05 am

Yes I would have surely been very tempted with BigTone1 & 2, alas neither of them are there.
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sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:48 am

i'd buy the drum & bass one if they add it

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:49 am

The Collection 1 is there, which is a particularly good deal with 175 patches (and some Big Tone in there too). The demo sounds appropriately broad.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:54 am

noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:49 am The Collection 1 is there, which is a particularly good deal with 175 patches (and some Big Tone in there too). The demo sounds appropriately broad.

Yes I listened to the demo, too much other stuff there to truly tempt me.
Strangely the Melodic Techno 2 is the one I am most tempted by.

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m-ac · Post by **m-ac** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:03 pm

scoplunk wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:26 am I just got a new MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro processor. I was expecting big things from this new Apple processor, but when I tried Avenger 1.8.2 in Logic, I was getting all sorts of CPU overloads whenever I played. But, what was even weirder was that the CPU meter was well above 50% even when I wasn't playing at all. All my other instruments seemed to be fine, so I decided to look at the Avenger system settings and see if I could figure out anything that might be a problem. Just out of curiosity, I moved the FPS Mode from ECO to MID and the CPU meter immediately went down. I set it to HIGH and now everything seems to be good. Just to check, I went back to the ECO setting and the CPU meter immediately jumped way up and had overloads. I couldn't find any posts about this with a quick search. Has anyone else seen this behavior? I'm not sure why setting a higher FPS Mode setting would be more efficient. It seems like the opposite should happen.

Interesting, I found the same thing (M1 max studio). Testing on an identical preset - ECO: cpu jumps way above 75% and hovers around 45%. High: cpu jumps much less frequently and only to ~60%, hovers around 40%.

Maybe we're misunderstanding what ECO means? Well done on discovering this, whatever it is. It certainly makes avenger less painful to use.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:11 pm

Seems to be a Apple Silicon Native thing though, because I read this, and excitedly fired up Avenger in Cubase on my macintel, since I always have cpu spiking with it, only to realise that I was already on HIGH mode. (Moving it to ECO didn't make it less spikey for me).. Though the now removed 1.8.4 which is the one I am running seems to be less cpu intensive than all previous versions since I bought it (at around 1.5 or 1.6)..
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